India-England
series, preview has been more about ‘Revenge’ and ‘Vengeance’ than anything else
more about cricket. Here is something I marked very different in India’s
attitude towards the series.
1.
Dhoni
coming out in support of rank turners voraciously. (Which I do not believe a
bad one)
2.
Not
giving a top level national spinner to bowl against the visiting team in the
warm ups.(and also the pitches were batting paradises as the scores suggest)
3.
And
most interestingly Indian spinners and players doing the mental attack by
calling the English weak against spin. (A ploy used by their counterparts
earlier)
Out of
these three the most shocking besides being interesting is the third one. Is
this the Indian team which always burse aside the so called mind games earlier?
The mind games the Aussies played all the while they toured and Indians ignored
it all the way. Being on the receiving side the English team has never come out
in any of their press meetings on these and has been playing it safe believing
and trying to fine tune their game. One
of the most vocal guys, KP has been just kept out from the press and they
probably getting their preferred pace battery ready for the test. With an never
before so much vulnerable Indian batting order these tactics is somehow showing
the diminishing self-confidence in the team. Besides an under-fit Zaheer will
always be a worry and the main weapon Ashwin will be tested for the first time
when he will be leading the Indian bowling attack.
With
higher suspicions will be closely seeing the first day of the most hyped test
of India’s home series.
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